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Excellent interview with Ira Wells, over on Paul Wells’ substack, about Ira’s new book On Book Banning, which is critical of both conservative & progressive attempts to censor books. paulwells.substack.com/p/ira-wells-... @inklesspw.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social

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Am I the last person to realize that The Guess Who's Wheatfield Soul is this country's Sgt. Pepper?

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This must be so upsetting to J.D. Vance, who sometimes lectures people on free speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Somebody posted one of my Wells's Rules here the other day, and I'm so tickled that anybody talks about this stuff that I've reposted the complete Rules. Clip and save! paulwells.substack.com/p/wellss-rules

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If we can just hang on until April, everything's going to be all right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wRC...

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I wrote those rules 20 years ago and I get a huge kick out of how they've worked their way into the culture.

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Juno nominees announced today include songwriter Donovan Woods, composer Christine Jensen, guitarist Jocelyn Gould and singer Caity Gyorgy. I’m pleased to have written about all of them, or put them in front of audiences. Here's a 2023 profile of Caity: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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paulwells.substack.com/p/the-shadow...

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Not gonna lie, I worried people would find this a bit dry, but it's getting great reaction.

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With everything going on, some interesting context and food for thought by @inklesspw.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...

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That show Paradise is kind of weird, innit

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Iin 10 days the amazing kids in Ottawa's premier youth-music program, OrKidstra, will perform onstage with the fantastic National Arts Centre Orchestra. The concert is a fundraiser to help OrKidstra keep doing its vital work. Need a mood booster? Go to this. orkidstra.ca/notes-of-love/

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Watched 15 minutes of The Zone of Interest before I realized I didn't have subtitles turned on.

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I interviewed Branford Marsalis for my podcast and, unusually, I shot video of the interview too. Come look, if music is your thing! Like and subscribe! I'm trying to increase the amount of video content I produce, and audiences help. youtu.be/_qY1HalTEoY

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I think there's as much good new American music as ever, and there's what's on the Grammys, and the overlap is modest.

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Well, it's a great night to see Donovan Woods at the NAC.

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Perhaps a podcast will come in handy. paulwells.substack.com/p/when-ameri...

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This is remarkable. The new album by this Brazilian guitarist and Argentinian bandleader came out today. It's old-school breathtaking, like something that would have come out in the '70s when everything seemed possible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=33lD...

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Ambitious essay about Pierre Poilievre for L'actualité. Who is this guy and why does he act like that?

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J'étais content de recevoir cette invitation de la magazine L'actualité: écrire un essai au sujet de Pierre Poilievre. À ce jour c'est mon meilleur effort de comprendre et d'expliquer sa pensée et sa démarche politique. lactualite.com/politique/le...

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Nanos has the horse race tightening seven points in a week, which on a rolling four-week sample is... intriguing

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I have thoughts about the Liberal leadership contest, but I'm unusually reticent to share them. I'd be accused of trying to influence the outcome, and whatever the opposite of that is, that's where I am. Best of luck to all hands!

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Thanks! Also, yes, this interview with Branford is out of my usual bailiwick but we had great fun.

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I keep forgetting I can post my stuff here. I wrote a short history of a certain American instinct. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-near-a...

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People of Ottawa! This February 14 the excellent kids of OrKidstra will perform a concert alongside the musicians of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. This will be one of the great experiences of the students' lives. Tickets are for sale. I'll see you there. orkidstra.ca/notes-of-love/

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Just followed a large political event entirely through friends' texts about it, and now I only want to do that from now on

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David Lynch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk6s...

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Counterpoint: He's not funny. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/a...

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The cover story in this month's The Nation is a major retrospective on some of the toughest jazz of the late 60s and early 70s, by an actual musician, Ethan Iverson. Will wonders never cease. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

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I thought, am I the only person who's positively excited by a movie about Robbie Williams that stars a CGI monkey? Apparently the answer is yes. www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/1/...

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Here's something I wrote about Mark Carney in 2021. I mostly post old Maclean's stuff because nobody reads new Maclean's stuff, and I think sudden surges in traffic probably confuse the management there. macleans.ca/politics/ott...

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Ask yourself: are you really improving that salad by adding pickled onions?

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Can confirm the 90s were EXACTLY like this but mostly 1992

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I see colleagues are starting to file their weekend Trudeau retrospectives. I published mine last year. It's the best-reviewed book of my career, was a surprise bestseller, and it's still easy to get. www.amazon.ca/Justin-Trude...

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